HUDSON, W ILLIAM H ENRY (11 résultats)

First edition. Hardcover book bound in the publisher's original full cloth-gilt. 22 cm. 335 pages. The book is in near fine condition. No ownership marks/writing present within. Hinges tight, interior pages bright. Light spotting/offsetting to the end pages. Light edge wear/bumping to the cloth covers. Payne A43a.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. no dust jacket, spine bumped, illustrated by Keith Henderson, lightly spotted, a nice copy. this edition first published 1926; 325 pages.

[ix], 232 and Chapman & Hall advertisements on [8] pp. Large 8vo, brown bevelled cloth front cover and spine gilt; small closed slit in front hinge (2 inches) First U.S. Edition, with British sheets Payne A8b.

Octavo, pp. [1-5] 6-325 [326-328: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], illustrations, some on full and double page tipped in plates, by Keith Henderson, rebound in full green morocco, richly tooled in gold, inner dentelles, black and red leather labels affixed to spine panel, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. First printing of the edition illustrated by Henderson. "One of the great escapist fantasies, but it belongs to the tragic tradition exemplified by Arthur Machen's The Hill of Dreams (1907) rather than to the exuberant tradition later to be perfected by Edgar Rice Burroughs." - Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature II, pp. 670-74. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-186. Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, p. 485. Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, p. 593. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 132. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 104. Reginald 07531. NCBEL III 1060. Payne A23g. Spine panel sunned to brown, mild scuff to lower spine end, a nice copy overall. (#109611).

Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-3] 4-205 [206: printer's colophon] [207-215: publisher's ads] [216: blank] [note: first leaf is a blank], conjoined frontispiece and vignette title leaf and plate facing page 149 are inserts, original decorated gray-green cloth, front panel stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, top edge stained green. First edition. 2500 copies printed. Contains two pieces of fiction, the first of novella length, the second a novelette. Both have borderline supernatural aspects that are brought out more clearly in an appendix in which the author comments on the origin of the stories. The first is a historical fiction set in the early days of the English monarchy, revealed to the author, he claims, by a vision of its heroine. "An Old Thorn" is about a "wishing-tree," which has the power of rewarding its friends and punishing its enemies. Intercalated among the author's comments is a nice little one-page ghost story. Payne A39a. NCBEL III 1060. Spine lettering a bit dulled, still a bright, near fine copy. (#117667).

Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1] 2-182 [183-184: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original pictorial green wrappers printed in black. First edition. 3210 copies printed, of which this is one of 1250 paperbound copies issued as number 2 of "Duckworth's Greenback Library." Collects the short title novel, three short stories, and "Appendix to El Ombu." One of the stories, "Marta Riquelme," is of particular interest as a possible seed for Hudson's most famous work, GREEN MANSIONS (1904), a lost-race fantasy about a woman who understands the language of birds; the story "is based on a legend in which those who suffer too deeply in their lives experience a transformation, becoming birds." - Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 485. Payne A21a. Sadleir 1231. NCBEL III 1059. Spine panel and edges of rear panel sunned, wear at spine ends and along spine folds, early repairs to several spine tears, a good copy of a somewhat fragile item. (#117665).

FIRST EDITION. Title and half-title in red and black. Original green cloth binding illustrating birds on branches on front cover; front and back free endpapers chipped along edges with offsetting on half-title and last page. Generally, the interior is excellent, with a blind ownership stamp (W.H. Smith) on first free endpaper. First edition of Hudson's delightful account of the birds found in a village in southeast England. He compares the species and population as well as the treatment against those that would cause damage to their food and habitat. Hudson (1841-1922), author, naturalist and ornithologist, was a founding member of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. He is best known for his novel Green Mansion. Hemingway famously referred to Hudson's book The Purple Land in his novel The Sun Also Rises.

Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1] 2-315 [316: printer's imprint], original bevel-edged green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, publisher's device stamped in blind on rear panel. First edition. Second binding with publisher's device stamped in blind on rear panel. "One of the great escapist fantasies, but it belongs to the tragic tradition exemplified by Arthur Machen's THE HILL OF DREAMS (1907) rather than to the exuberant tradition later to be perfected by Edgar Rice Burroughs." - Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature II, pp. 670-74. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-186. Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, p. 485. Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, p. 593. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 132. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 104. Reginald 07531. NCBEL III 1060. Payne A23a. A bright, nearly fine copy. (#90558).

Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1] 2-287 [288: blank] + 32-page publisher's catalogue dated "1886-7" inserted at rear, original black cloth, front and rear panels stamped in red, spine panel stamped in red and gold, top edge untrimmed, fore and bottom edges rough-trimmed, olive-green floral patterned endpapers. First edition. This binding state (no priority, if any, established) has the publisher's monogram in red on the rear cover. The book is found with and without publisher's catalogues inserted at rear; this copy has the earliest form of the catalogue, dated 1886-7 on page [1]. The author's anonymously published second book and first novel. Hudson's "fine quasi-utopian novel of the far future . depicts small, self-sufficient, matriarchally organized households living in harmony with Nature. The protagonist, tragically, cannot adapt to their pastoral way of life . Both stories [A CRYSTAL AGE and GREEN MANSIONS (1904)] are remarkable anticipations of modern ecological mysticism." - Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), p. 593. "Significant SF milestone." - Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 33. Aldiss and Wingrove, Trillion Year Spree, p. 113. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-98; (1981) 1-103; (1987) 1-51; (1995) 1-51; and (2004) II-551. Bailey, Pilgrims Through Space and Time, pp. 55-6. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 2-87. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1135. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1973), p. 12. Lewis, Utopian Literature, pp. 96-7. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 118. Negley, Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 596. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 76. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 449-52. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 104. Reginald 07530. NCBEL III 1059. Payne A2a. Armorial bookplate affixed to front paste-down. Inner front hinge tender, inner rear hinge cracked, corners gently bumped, touch of rubbing to cloth at spine ends and corner tips, a bright, very good copy. A nice copy of a book seldom found in better condition. (#111902).

Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1] 2-287 [288: blank] + 32-page publisher's catalogue dated "1886-7" inserted at rear, original black cloth, front and rear panels stamped in red, spine panel stamped in red and gold, top edge untrimmed, fore and bottom edges rough-trimmed, olive-green floral patterned endpapers. First edition. This binding state (no priority, if any, established) has the publisher's monogram in red on the rear cover. The book is found with and without publisher's catalogues inserted at rear; this copy has the earliest form of the catalogue, dated 1886-7 on page [1]. The author's anonymously published second book and first novel. Hudson's "fine quasi-utopian novel of the far future . depicts small, self-sufficient, matriarchally organized households living in harmony with Nature. The protagonist, tragically, cannot adapt to their pastoral way of life . Both stories [A CRYSTAL AGE and GREEN MANSIONS (1904)] are remarkable anticipations of modern ecological mysticism." - Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), p. 593. "Significant SF milestone." - Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 33. Aldiss and Wingrove, Trillion Year Spree, p. 113. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-98; (1981) 1-103; (1987) 1-51; (1995) 1-51; and (2004) II-551. Bailey, Pilgrims Through Space and Time, pp. 55-6. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 2-87. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1135. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1973), p. 12. Lewis, Utopian Literature, pp. 96-7. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 118. Negley, Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 596. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 76. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 449-52. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 104. Reginald 07530. NCBEL III 1059. Payne A2a. Cloth worn at lower spine end and lower front corner tip, inner hinges repaired, a very good copy. Enclosed in a quarter morocco slipcase. (#134899).

Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1] 2-287 [288: blank], original black cloth, front and rear panels stamped in red, spine panel stamped in red and gold, top edge untrimmed, fore and bottom edges rough-trimmed, olive-green floral patterned endpapers. First edition. This binding state (no priority, if any, established) has the publisher's monogram in red on the rear cover. The book is found with and without publisher's catalogues inserted at rear (the earliest dated 1886-7); this copy has no catalogue. The author's anonymously published second book and first novel. Hudson's "fine quasi-utopian novel of the far future . depicts small, self-sufficient, matriarchally organized households living in harmony with Nature. The protagonist, tragically, cannot adapt to their pastoral way of life . Both stories [A CRYSTAL AGE and GREEN MANSIONS (1904)] are remarkable anticipations of modern ecological mysticism." - Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), p. 593. "Significant SF milestone." - Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 33. Aldiss and Wingrove, Trillion Year Spree, p. 113. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-98; (1981) 1-103; (1987) 1-51; (1995) 1-51; and (2004) II-551. Bailey, Pilgrims Through Space and Time, pp. 55-6. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 2-87. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1135. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1973), p. 12. Lewis, Utopian Literature, pp. 96-7. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 118. Negley, Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 596. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 76. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 449-52. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 104. Reginald 07530. NCBEL III 1059. Payne A2a (variant 6). Binding slightly leaned, inner hinges a bit tender, mild foxing, largely to the preliminary leaves, else a near fine, bright copy with no binding wear. Quite a nice copy of a book rarely found in better condition. (#75623).